import { JulianDay } from '@/types'
import { getDecimalYear } from '@/times'
// The value of K must be an integer
function getK (jd: JulianDay): number {
const decimalYear = getDecimalYear(jd)
const decimalK = 4.152_01 * (decimalYear - 2000.12)
return decimalK >= 0 ? Math.floor(decimalK) : Math.ceil(decimalK)
}
/**
* Aphelion (time of passage at the closest point to the Sun)
* @param {JulianDay} jd The julian day
* @returns {JulianDay}
* @memberof module:Mercury
*/
export function getAphelion (jd: JulianDay): JulianDay {
const kdash = getK(jd) + 0.5
return 2451590.257 + 87.969_349_63 * kdash
}
/**
* Perihelion (time of passage at the farthest point to the Sun)
* @param {JulianDay} jd The julian day
* @returns {JulianDay}
* @memberof module:Mercury
*/
export function getPerihelion (jd: JulianDay): JulianDay {
const k = getK(jd)
return 2451590.257 + 87.969_349_63 * k
}
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